In 1198 Tamasine was under the command of Akodo Kamina in the Empty Plains, with the duty to find the mysterious raiders who had been plaguing the Ki-Rin's Path. They found the encampment of an expeditionary force from the Yodotai Empire. The gaijin had encountered thieving travelers who cursed the Yodotai and caused them to be lost. They were slaughtered by Kamina's forces after the enemy leader offered an alliance, so the Lion would had been elevated above all others, and appointed as the vassals to oversee the Empire under the Yodotai governance. [2]